One day Joseph’s brothers went to Shechem to care for their father’s sheep.
Jacob stayed and lived in the land of Canaan. This is the same land where his father had lived.
Jacob safely ended his trip from Paddan Aram when he came to the town of Shechem in Canaan. He made his camp in a field near the city.
Joseph’s brothers continued to be jealous of him, but his father thought about all these things and wondered what they could mean.
Jacob said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep.” Joseph answered, “I will go.”
You tell him, ‘We are shepherds. All our lives we have been shepherds, and our ancestors were shepherds before us.’ Then Pharaoh will allow you to live in the land of Goshen. Egyptians don’t like shepherds, so it is better that you stay in Goshen.”